Rule cutting machine



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' INVENTOR MICHAEL DuKESSB L BWGFM ORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 23, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

the printing of ruled forms.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a pointer or indicator adapted for attachment to the gauge bar of an ordinary saw trimmer of the Miller type or other standard trimmer, whereby the correct spacing of the ruled lines of a dummy sheet may be quickly and correctly transferred to the gauge of the trimmer so that a plurality of rules carried by the gauge bar may be simultaneously sawed when fed to the saw of the trimmer.

Another object of the invention is to produce an indicating and gauging device which is of universal character and may be adapted to any form of standard trimmer to facilitate the operation of correctly gauging and sawing a plurality of rules in a single operation.

A still further object is to produce a device which is economical to manufacture.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a saw commonly employed by printers and having my invention applied thereto,

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view showing the manner in which the rules are assembled after cutting,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my device attached to the saw guide,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary cross sectional view showing the manner in which the saw extends through the supporting table, and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view showing two of the rules out and about to be assembled.

In the printing of forms such as bill-heads, ledger-sheets and the like, it has been common to employ rules which are merely printing blades having a printing surface which when inked contacts the paper and leaves an inked impression. These rules heretofore have been cut into short lengths and then assembled with printers furniture which is a slow and tedious process, and

one requiring extreme accuracy. Applicant has after described.

In the accompanying drawing the numeral 5 designates the top of a saw table through which a rotary saw 6 extends. This saw may be elevated or lowered by a hand wheel I and is of common construction, therefore forms no part of my invention. A portion of the table top 8 slides upon the table top 5 through a dove-tail arrangement as illustrated at 9 in Fig. 4. Upon this slide is mounted a guide ll against which the rules l2 abut. My invention consists in attaching to the guide II a bar I3 having a pointer l4 secured thereto. This pointer has a tip I6 which overlies a table ll upon which a dummy I8 is secured by a clip l9. It will, therefore, be apparent, by viewing Fig. 1, that by moving the guide II to the right or left of the drawing until the pointer tip I6 overlies one of the vertical lines of the dummy, that the rules will be so positioned that when the slide is moved in the direction of the vertical arrow of Fig. 1, then the saw 6 will cut slots through all of the rules and by moving the pointer and its attached parts to another line upon the dummy, the next movement of the slide will cause a second saw cut in proper relation to the first saw out. After all the vertical lines in the dummy have been followed in making a cut, the rules are taken away and a new group of rules inserted, ready for cutting. turning the dummy at right angles to its position of Fig. 1, the pointer may be moved to each one of the lines and cuts be made in the second group of rules.

By now assembling these rules in the manner illustrated in Fig. 5, a grille-like arrangement will be produced as illustrated in Fig. 2. The printing faces of the rules will now all be so arranged that they will produce a duplicate of the dummy thus saving the trouble of cutting up short lengths of rule and spacing them with the ordinary furniture.

It will thus be seen that I have produced a device which will accomplish the above set forth objects.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In a device of the class described, the combination with a movable saw table having a rotary saw adjacent thereto, an adjustable length guide mounted on said table, an extension bar secured to said length guide and extending outwardly therefrom, a dummy retaining table secured to one side of said table, and an adjustable pointer secured to said bar and adapted to overlie and indicate scorings carried by said dummy table.

MICHAEL D. KESSEL.

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